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Apr 21
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SW Monthly Member Exhibit/Workshop Call for Announcements for May

By Region - Southwest, SW Monthly Member Announcements
SW Members
SW Monthly Member Exhibits/Workshops Announcements for May
Important:  Email your announcement to Karyn at  iws.sw.idaho@gmail.com
 Greetings,
It is time again to submit your upcoming watercolor exhibit, or workshop announcement into the May email listing.  A monthly list of watercolor exhibits members are participating in and/or watercolor workshop opportunities taught by members.

To participate and have your announcement posted, please send a prepared announcement to Karyn by the deadline: April 28. There are a few requirements: Please keep it short (short paragraph), text only (no attachments), text that can be cut and pasted. One link is OK. Watercolor media related only.  -Thank you.

Deadline Apr 28
Very Important! Please email your announcement to Karyn at  iws.sw.idaho@gmail.com
Question or Comments contact Karyn: iws.sw.idaho@gmail.com
_____________________________ 
Karyn deKramer
SW Communications Coordinator
Apr 18
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Artist Opportunity – Meridian Arts Commission

By ArtCall, Region - Southwest

Meridian Arts Commission – Call to Artists:

 

Hello Idaho Watercolor Society,

 

The Meridian Arts Commission invites visual artists and artist groups to submit their artwork for display in 2026 at Meridian City Hall’s Initial Point Gallery. The gallery displays one-to-two-months long exhibits that are juried by the Meridian Arts Commission and feature a variety of artwork from emerging to established artists in all mediums including painting, photography, sculpture and more. The gallery, filled with natural light, features about 100 linear feet of wall space for the display of two-dimensional art, as well as four hand-crafted display cases for the exhibition of three-dimensional works of art. The gallery is open weekdays from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, excluding holidays. Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public.

The deadline to apply is Friday, May 30, 2025 at 3:00PM. For more information and to apply to the call, visit https://meridiancity.org/calltoartists. For more information about the gallery and upcoming exhibits, visit www.meridiancity.org/gallery.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks so much!

Best,

Sarah

Sarah Alford | Arts Assistant

City of Meridian | Parks and Recreation Department

33 E. Broadway Ave. Ste. 206, Meridian, Idaho 83642

Phone: 208.489.0399

 

Meridian Parks and Recreation: Quality. Community. Fun.

All e-mail messages sent to or received by City of Meridian e-mail accounts are subject to Idaho law with regard to both release and retention, and may be released upon request, unless exempt from disclosure by law

_______________________

Karyn deKramer

IWS SW Email Communicator

www.sw.idaho@gmail.com

 

 

Apr 15
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SW Abstract Workshop with Pam Grant

By Region - Southwest, Workshops
SW Members Workshop:
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‘No Mistake – No Stress’  Abstract Workshop with Pam Grant
–
April 26, from  9:30am to 3:30pm  at the Hope Lutheran Church.
Cost is $40.00.
If interested, please email Cathy Anderson to register.  catandr1203@gmail.com
–
A “No Mistake -No Stress” Abstract painting workshop.. “I will demonstrate the materials that I like to use in my abstract paintings. I would like you to think of shapes not things. We will be using tissue paper for texture, watercolor and acrylic medium. It will be a day for you to paint, play and rely on your intuition.” -Pam Grant    – Questions about the workshop call Pam  208-739-3440.
___________________
Karyn deKramer
SW Email Coordinator
iws.sw.idaho@gmail.com
Apr 05
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Reminder… IWS SW Analysis and Discussion

By Region - Southwest, SW In Person Analysis and Discussion

Reminder… IWS SW Analysis and Discussion

Eagle Hills Church…  651 N Eagle Rd, Eagle, ID 83616

Monday, April 7,  1 – 3 p.m.

Directions:

In Eagle from State St. go north on Eagle Rd. to the top of the hill.

We meet downstairs in the Music Room 

Parking is available in the lower lot.

Having trouble with a painting?…bring it.

Have a successful painting?…We’d like to see it and cheer!

No painting to bring…Come anyway…..

…it’s all FUN, FRIENDLY and HELPFUL !

“Get that old stuff out from under your bed or off your easel and bring it in for discussion, we’re all friends and there’s no crying in watercolors!”

-Scott

Questions? email Scott    scottmuscolo@gmail.com

Mar 31
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SW Analysis and Discussion

By Region - Southwest, SW In Person Analysis and Discussion
Mar 25
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SW Members Exhibits and Workshops/Classes for April

By Region - Southwest, SW Monthly Member Announcements
SW Members Exhibits and Workshops/Classes for April

 

Exhibits:
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Mary Gardiner – In April Mary Gardiner’s watercolors Color and Company are on exhibit at the Trueblood Gallery, 2nd floor hallway, Student Union Building, BSU.  Mary also has watercolor paintings at the Riverside hotel, Garden City, and Full Moon Gallery, Twin Falls. Please visit and thank you. 
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“Rachel Linquist’s painting “Pears on a Dogwood Blossom Cloth” has been accepted into the Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS) 2025 Waterworks Member Exhibition by Juror Michele Usibelli. The exhibit opens April 25 and runs until June 30, and can be viewed during that time at www.nwws.org. “
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 Gary Mccall – Hello. April has me showing watercolor and some acrylic paintings at Boise Brewing. Please come over and check out first Thursday.  Thank you 
–
 Anne Watson Sorensen warmly invites you to her Solo Featured Artist show upstairs at the Riverside Hotel’s Gallery from April 4-30th.  “Journey towards Joy: Becoming, Unfolding, Finding” will include Anne’s new emerging artistic direction. You and your friends are warmly invited to join her at the Opening Reception Friday, April 4th from 5:30-7:30 pm.  Refreshments.  http://www.aesorensen.com   208.870.2570. 2900 W Chinden Blvd, Boise.
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Carrie Cornils – Watersedge Gallery riverside hotel I have 11 pieces on display in the restaurant through the end of April.
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Joyce Green – Last chance to see Joyce Green’s show at the Garden Plaza of Valley View Retirement Center!  The show is coming down on March 31st.  The address is 1130 N. Allumbaugh in Boise, 83704.
 
Joyce Green is also continuing to be a featured artist at the Riverside Hotel’s Riversedge Gallery through April.  Works featuring my Water Music and Persistence of Pine series are up in the main lobby through April.
 
 
 
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Workshops/ Classes:  
None reported.
 
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The End.
Happy Painting 🙂
 
 
____________
Karyn deKramer
SW Email Coordinator 
iws.sw.idaho@gmail.com
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Mar 22
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SW Abstract Workshop with Pam Grant

By Region - Southwest, Workshops
SW Members Workshop:
–
‘No Mistake – No Stress’  Abstract Workshop with Pam Grant
–
April 26, from  9:30am to 3:30pm  at the Hope Lutheran Church.
Cost is $40.00.
If interested, please email Cathy Anderson to register.  catandr1203@gmail.com
–
A “No Mistake -No Stress” Abstract painting workshop.. “I will demonstrate the materials that I like to use in my abstract paintings. I would like you to think of shapes not things. We will be using tissue paper for texture, watercolor and acrylic medium. It will be a day for you to paint, play and rely on your intuition.” -Pam Grant    – Questions about the workshop call Pam  208-739-3440.
___________________
Karyn deKramer
SW Email Coordinator
iws.sw.idaho@gmail.com
Mar 17
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SW Call for Monthly Member Exhibits/Workshop Announcements for April

By Region - Southwest, SW Monthly Member Announcements
SW Monthly Member Exhibits/Workshops Announcements for April
Important:  Email your announcement to Karyn at  iws.sw.idaho@gmail.com
 
 Greetings,
It is time again to submit your upcoming watercolor exhibit, or workshop announcement into the April email listing.  A monthly list of watercolor exhibits members are participating in and/or watercolor workshop opportunities taught by members.
 
 

To participate and have your announcement posted, please send a prepared announcement to Karyn by the deadline: March 24. There are a few requirements: Please keep it short (short paragraph), text only (no attachments), text that can be cut and pasted. One link is OK. Watercolor media related only.  -Thank you.

Deadline March 24
 
Very Important! Please email your announcement to Karyn at  iws.sw.idaho@gmail.com
 
Question or Comments contact Karyn: iws.sw.idaho@gmail.com
_____________________________ 
Karyn deKramer
SW Communications Coordinator

Mar 02
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Reminder – IWS SW Analysis and Discussion

By Region - Southwest, SW In Person Analysis and Discussion

Reminder – IWS SW Analysis and Discussion

Eagle Hills Church…  651 N Eagle Rd, Eagle, ID 83616

Monday, March 3,  1 – 3 p.m.

Directions:

In Eagle from State St. go north on Eagle Rd. to the top of the hill.

We meet downstairs in the Music Room

Parking is available in the lower lot.

Having trouble with a painting?…bring it.

Have a successful painting?…We’d like to see it and cheer!

No painting to bring…Come anyway…..

…it’s all FUN, FRIENDLY and HELPFUL !

“Get that old stuff out from under your bed or off your easel and bring it in for discussion, we’re all friends and there’s no crying in watercolors!”

-Scott

Questions? email Scott    scottmuscolo@gmail.com

______________

Karyn deKramer

SW Communications Coordinator

iws.sw.idaho@gmail.com

Feb 25
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IWS SW Analysis and Discussion

By Region - Southwest, SW In Person Analysis and Discussion